#BC7253#BC7253

#BC7253 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.104 H 43.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7253
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 83)
HSL	hsl(18, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(18, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, 26.05, 29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 39.32, 48.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.0757 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.104 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3196, 23.3532, 11.1981)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7253 #539DBC

analogous

#BC5368 #BC7253 #BCA653

triadic

#BC7253 #53BC72 #7253BC

tetradic

#BC7253 #68BC53 #539DBC #A653BC

square

#BC7253 #68BC53 #539DBC #A653BC

split-complementary

#BC7253 #53BCA6 #5368BC

monochromatic

#6B3D2A #97563B #BC7253 #CD967F #DEBAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#BC7253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#BC7253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7253

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7253	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC656A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.104 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49b84',
    500: '#bc7253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7253;
$custom-light: #d49b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.714,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62557,
    "c": 0.10386,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7253

secondary

#9FBFCC

accent

#AED454

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7253

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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